FoxTALE will be unavailable from 6 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 18, for server maintenance and preparation for the fall semester. Please note that your online course(s) will be unavailable during this time.
The University Bookstore is conducting its annual laser printer cleaning event for the Portland Center on August 20th.
If you want your office laser printer cleaned please email Andy Dunn the following information.
Printer make & model (ex: HP 4200TN)
Location of printer
Contact Name & ext.
Cost Center to be charged.
Andy must receive your request no later than August 18th.
Spiritual Emphasis Week (SEW) is coming up soon (October 6-9 to be exact), and your creative minds and hard-working hands are needed. For two years the School of Professional Studies operated with a very small contingent to make this special event available to students and staff of the Portland Center. Several students decided to become a Jesus follower during these sessions, and many more were enriched in their faith.
We really need your help in developing SEW. Some of you already expressed a strong interest in doing so. If you can be involved, please come to an organizational meeting on Monday, August 11 at noon in Room 155a. This first meeting will be brief, but I hope we can do some really effective brainstorming.
Please let me know if you plan on joining the team, if so, an agenda will come your way soon.
Thanks!
Mark Ocker @ ext. 6186
mocker@georgefox.edu
School of Professional Studies
The Portland Center campus will be closed on August 15, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. while all employees attend a meeting in Newberg. The front office, library, and bookstore will re-open at 12 p.m.
There is still time to sign up for the third annual George Fox University Motorcycle Rally, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 16. If you ride a street motorcycle of any kind, you are invited to join other members of the George Fox family in this special event. For more information and to register, visit georgefox.edu/alumni/events/motorcyclerally.html.
The following are dates for 2008-09 Portland Center community lunches. All of the meetings are on a Thursday, from 12 to 1 p.m. in Room 155, except Sept. 11, which will be in Room 285 .
The meetings will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates from the President or a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Your participation is strongly encouraged.
The following are dates for 2008-09 all-employee meetings. All of the meetings are on a Thursday, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Hoover 105. The only exception is the October meeting, which will take place on Friday, Oct. 24, at the same time and location.
A May meeting will be scheduled at a later date. The meetings will provide employees an opportunity to receive campus updates. Your participation is strongly encouraged.
The beginning of the 2008-09 school year is near, which means it’s time to mark your calendars for the fall community meeting on Friday, Aug. 15. The gathering will begin in the Klages Dining Hall with breakfast at 8 a.m. At 8:30 a.m., we will move to Bauman Auditorium for a meeting that will last until 10:30 a.m.
All employees are required to attend. (Employees working on the four-day work week schedule will have to make arrangements to accommodate their attendance at the meeting.)
Please join us as we share our appreciation with Carol Green, dean of the School of Professional Studies, at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, in the Portland Center’s main lobby. If you cannot attend and would like to send a note or card, please mail those to Karlyn Fleming (Academic Affairs) at Box 6246.
Carol is heading to LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, to serve as vice president for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. She has been dean of the George Fox SPS program since 2005.
Thank you,
Academic Affairs
Employees are invited to take part in the Bruin Athletic Association’s annual Golf Classic, silent auction, and dinner on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Chehalem Glenn Golf Course in Newberg.
The event begins at noon with registration and lunch. Play begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. You may register as a foursome or as a single. To learn more or to register, contact Patty Findley (Athletics) at ext. 2910.
George Fox is co-sponsoring a Transformational Development Conference with Food for the Hungry on the Newberg campus Aug. 14-16.
Bryant Myer, author of Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development, will speak. George Fox staff and students will receive a discounted rate of $70 (without meals) or $120 (with meals).
The event will address the question of how missions, theology, poverty, and development intersect. It also will give attendees a chance to meet, network, and dialogue with local and international NGOs, ministries, and universities – and the leaders, scholars, students, practitioners, educators, and theologians behind them.
To register and get details on the schedule and logistics, visit TDconference.org.
Undergrad admissions will need someone to fill in for Melissa Rosenberg, an administrative assistant, for about 30 hours per week from mid-August until early November during her maternity leave. Previous administrative support experience is required for this job.
Also, HR is looking for someone to assist with PeopleSoft implementation work and other HR and payroll work from early August through early October. This person must be detail-oriented and have a high level of accuracy in working with numbers. Previous payroll or accounting experience would be helpful but is not required. This position also will average 30 hours per week, but the schedule may vary depending on needs in any given week.
If you know of someone who might be a good fit for either job, please have them contact Peggy Kilburg at pkilburg@georgefox.edu or phone (503-554-2182). A completed George Fox application will be required to be considered. The link can be found at jobs.georgefox.edu.
We are quickly approaching the closing of our books for 2007-08. The cut-off date for this year is Wednesday, July 23, for charging anything that is for last year’s budget. After that time, any costs associated with 2007-08 will have to go into your 2008-09 budget.
1.   Please forward any invoices to Financial Affairs for goods and/or services that were received prior to July 1, 2008.
2.   Please review your 2007-2008 budget report and notify Financial Affairs if there are any outstanding purchase orders for goods and/or services that were not received prior to July 1 so they can be disencumbered.
Thank you for your assistance in helping with the year-end closing and the preparation for the annual external audit. Please call ext. 2160 if you have any questions.
Plant Services is organizing a crew to remove invasive species and do general maintenance work in the south end of Hess Creek Canyon from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, July 23. Those interested in assisting are instructed to meet at the corner of Hancock and Carlton Way.
Thank you,
Plant Services
The Portland Center Library is a fantastic resource for our employees and students alike. The rows of books and the many magazines, newspapers and journals that they provide for us is amazing! We want to continue to support this resource in every way we can.
Recently, however, the library staff has discovered that several magazines and a newspaper are disappearing off the racks. Specifically these publications are:
- Time
- US News
- Entertainment
- The Wall Street Journal
If you have accidentally picked up these magazines or have taken them to read, please return them to the library so that the other students and employees can enjoy them as well. In this way, we are all being good stewards of what God has blessed us with.
Thank you!
The copiers at the Portland Center have been updated to reflect the new account codes for PeopleSoft.
If you have a question about what code to use, please see your departmental administrative assistant or contact Janis Sanford at extension 6164 or email.
HR is recruiting both internally and externally to fill an executive assistant I (pay range 7) vacancy in the Office of Academic Affairs. Andrea Byerley, who had held this position, is transferring to the registrar’s office to work as an enrollment counselor.
The incumbent of this position will work with Karlyn Fleming and Patrick Allen, providing support to the AAO, as well as with/for Hank Helsabeck, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The full position announcement is at jobs.georgefox.edu. You can e-mail hr@georgefox.edu for a transfer request if you would like to apply for this position. If you refer this position to any external applicants, please refer them to jobs.georgefox.edu.
The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering FoxTALE workshops in August for faculty and other interested employees.
On the Newberg campus:
FoxTALE Introduction – Friday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
FoxTALE Open Lab Time – Friday, Aug. 22, 1-4 p.m., Hoover 211
FoxTALE Quizzes and Grades – Tuesday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. – noon, Hoover 211
At the Portland Center:
FoxTALE Introduction – Monday, Aug. 25, 1-4 p.m., PDS 210
Please R.S.V.P. to Sheila Abercrombie (IT) if you would like to attend any of these workshops.
We would like to invite you to participate in George Fox University’s 10th annual Serve Day celebration. On September 10, 2008, the Newberg campus will shut down. Newberg Employees and undergrad students go out into the surrounding areas to serve at non-profit organizations, homes and churches. This year we have too many requests for volunteers and are unable to meet all of the needs. We need your help! With the approval of your supervisor we would gladly assign you to a serve site. If you are interested in being a volunteer on Serve Day or need more information please write Kayin Griffith, Serve Day Coordinator, at serveday@georgefox.edu.
We are quickly approaching the closing of our books for fiscal year 07-08. Each year at this time we notify you of the cut-off date for anything that needs to be charged in last year. That cut-off date for this year is July 23, 2008. After that time, any costs associated with fiscal year 07-08 will have to go into your fiscal year 08-09 budget.
1.   Please forward any invoices to Financial Affairs for goods and/or services that were received prior to July 1, 2008.
2.   Please review your 2007-2008 budget report and notify Financial Affairs if there are any outstanding Purchase orders for goods and/or services that were not received prior to July 1 so they can be disencumbered.
Please continue to pray for us as we are aggressively coming up to speed on the new PeopleSoft systems, while trying keeping up with the year-end closing and the preparation for our annual audit.
Please call us if you have any questions on this. (ext. 2160)
Financial Affairs
